11-17-2014, 01:33 PM
Cannabis Helps Prevent Death in Brain Trauma Patients
<div><div><div>A new study looked at the records of trauma patients over three years.</div></div></div>
<span><span><span>October 15, 2014</span></span></span>
A new study published by the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute shows that cannabis plays a significant role in preventing death for people who have endured traumatic brain injuries. The report, titled Effect of Marijuana Use on Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury positively links marijuana to the reduction in mortality rates among sufferers of severe brain damage.
Researchers studied the records of trauma patients for three years before coming to their conclusion. Out of the 446 patient records that were reviewed, about 18 percent of them tested positive for having cannabis in their systems. According to reports, 97.6 percent of patients that showed previous marijuana usage survived surgery. Patients that tested negative for cannabis in their systems had a survival rate of 88.5. Researchers believe that cannabis is to thank for the difference.....................
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/cannabis-h...a-patients
http://cannabisnowmagazine.com/cannabis/...a-patients
<div><div><div>A new study looked at the records of trauma patients over three years.</div></div></div>
<span><span><span>October 15, 2014</span></span></span>
A new study published by the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute shows that cannabis plays a significant role in preventing death for people who have endured traumatic brain injuries. The report, titled Effect of Marijuana Use on Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury positively links marijuana to the reduction in mortality rates among sufferers of severe brain damage.
Researchers studied the records of trauma patients for three years before coming to their conclusion. Out of the 446 patient records that were reviewed, about 18 percent of them tested positive for having cannabis in their systems. According to reports, 97.6 percent of patients that showed previous marijuana usage survived surgery. Patients that tested negative for cannabis in their systems had a survival rate of 88.5. Researchers believe that cannabis is to thank for the difference.....................
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/cannabis-h...a-patients
http://cannabisnowmagazine.com/cannabis/...a-patients